If they made a reasonable number of open 3's they would instantly be much closer offensively, of course, and I am hopeful that they will find their stroke. I think that it is possible.
I have to say Affolter's numbers surprise me. It seems like she was missing everything from behind the arc, although she came up big on the end. Didn't seem like she shot 50% from 3, but obviously I am misremembering.
Considering the entirety of women's college basketball and the W have never seen a passer like her before, I think our wait time could be substantial.
I agree w/everything you said except about Crooks. Sure, she limits you in getting up and down the court but would you rather have her or O'Grady? Can you imagine the way we feed the post and how good she is at sealing off her defender how good she would be for us? 31 and 10 and 14-22 from the field last night. Her teammates let her down. And as others have said 35 minutes is way way to much. If she played for us we could get 26 minutes out of her and it would be ideal. She'd still get 20-10 every night. We're not really running or fast breaking at all anymore ( which I don't understand) so she would fit perfectly in our offense.
I think they will come.
She is not a good 3pt shooter at all. She needs to drive the ball and get fouls. She makes just enough shots to think she is a good shooter. If I am guarding her, I would let her shoot all the 3's she wants. If she starts to hit a couple then I might guard her a little tighter.
Were you ok when similar comments were made about Deacon Hill?
This is the biggest development of last night.
First of all why would you bring that up? And no, I didn't love it either. If it was so easy as you say for her to use her massive size why don't more big girls just go out and get 31 and 10 like last night? Or average 20 pts a game. She's massive and she knows how to use it. To compare her to Deacon Hill is also a disservice to her. She can actually play. He cannot. Does her weight limit her effectiveness trying to play 35 minutes a game like last night? Definitely. Would I take her on our team? Definitely.
It's okay to have discussions about her game and how her body size creates strengths and weaknesses. It's the constant name calling and insults that is bad form and frankly boring.
I brought him up because he got a lot of fat jokes & I didn't see you guys getting your panties in a bunch over it.
I'm sure you're very concerned.
If you're cool making fat jokes and thinking people shouldn't be offended that's all good. And keep up w/the lighten up meme's. I"m sure you're a perfect specimen of a man. Oh, again, she poured in 31 pts and got 10 rebounds and single handedly kept them in the game last night.
People said similar things about Shaq. If you're effective, you're effective. She is.
Crooks looks even bigger this year than last. Kind of surprising based on all the access she has to a good training table, exercise regiment, etc.
Self aware, if nothing else. Good for you.Good reason why the entire country was watching last year.
Pretty white girls vs ugly tatted up dude looking thugs.
Yes, I said it.
I remember a time when @Colonoscopy took a lot of heat for making a "Who's the hottest player on the Iowa WBB team" thread.
I have no inside knowledge or track, so I'll say that up front. It seems that's the size they want out of Crooks. 6'3 and take up space. They want her big frame to clog up the lane, set tough screens, and allow the ISU guards to play around her if they can't get it to Crooks herself.
I would still take O’Grady over Crooks as O’Grady blocks more shots, runs the floor better, and is a better overall passer/team player than Audi. Iowa’s three posts of O’Grady, Heiden, and Stuelke will be just fine for the Hawks.
Simply from a health perspective, I hope she loses some weight…particularly her post playing days. As you mentioned, her body mass won’t help her out in the WNBA as much as it does in college game.
